Dr Shamitha Malnad
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Dr Shamitha Malnad Was born on 9th June in Thirthahalli, Shimoga. Is the daughter of Prof. U.V. Ramachandra & H.G. Sunanda. Married to Arun Kumar. D.K from Sringeri and has two children- Advaith Hegde and Shadjaa Hegde. Holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree (B.D.S) from Vokkaligara Sangha Dental College, KIMS, Bangalore. Also holds a B.A Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai. Is a Dentist, Cine Playback Singer, Anchor, Dubbing and Voice Artist by profession. Passionate about hobbies like writing poems and stories, pencil sketching, ceramic art work, dancing, composing music & photography. Disciple of Hindusthani music maestro Late Pandith Sheshadri Gawai. Started her career as a playback singer in the year 1996 by singing for the “KANIVE KABBALI” devotional album. 20 yrs of experience as a Sugama sangeeth Singer. 15 yrs of experience as a Cine playback singer in the Kannada film industry. Has recently stepped into Telugu film industry by singing a song for the feature film “Nagavalli”. Has sung filmy, western, folk, theatrical songs, bhavageethe, re-mixes, devotional and vachanas Has sung in about 4000 cassettes in 11 languages i.e Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Konkani, Marathi, Thulu, Kodava, Gujarathi, Lambani, Malayalam etc in all Leading Audio cassette companies under all the music directors. Has sung devotional song along with Dada Saheb Phalke Awardee Dr RAJKUMAR. Has released 7 solo albums in Kannada & Telugu which includes re- mixed versions of L R Eshwari’s songs. Has composed 8 poems written by Padmashree Prof. K S Nisar Ahamed and released the same under the title “MILANAOTSAVA”. Entered Cine Playback Singing from the movie “NINAGAAGI” with the help of No 1 music director Gurukiran. Has sung in about 300 feature films. Has sung under all the leading Music directors of kannada film industry i.e Hamsalekha, Gurukiran, Harikrishna, Manomurthy, Rajesh Krishnan, Sadhukokila, Kalyan, V.Manohar, R.P.Patnayak, Arjun, Sandeep Chowta, Karthik Raja, L.N.Shasthri, Valisha Sandeep etc. Has sung along with iconic singers like Dr Raj, SPB, Udith Narayan, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Kunal Ganjaavala, Mano, Rajesh Krishnan, Vijay Prakash etc. Some of Shamitha’s Hit Songs MOVIE SONG Ninagaagi Shukriya Shukriya Kariya Nanalli Naanilla Gokarna Chakkar Haaku Kutumba Nee Nanna Appikollalwa Laali Haadu Magale Magale Partha Pyar De Pyar De Ranga SSLC Chitte Chitte RamaShamaBhama Jwapana Raatriaaythu Chellata Ale le le Thuntu Gaja Aithalakadi Arjun Ye kanaka Birugaali Madura Pisumaatige Jugaari Yaari Jugaari Aptharaksha Kanna mucche Mylaari Mylaari & Sukumaari Kempegowda Hale Radio Jhoney Mera Naam Bhavalokada T.V PROGRAMME & STAGE SHOWS Has given more than 500 public performances & live shows with Gurukiran, Rajesh Krishnan and others. Has participated in many live shows across India, USA, Kuwait, Dubai and Muscat. Has sung 10 songs with SPB as a guest singer in the ETV reality show:” Yedhe Thumbi Haaduvenu”. Has also participated in TV shows such as “Kuhu Kuhu”-Udaya TV, “Dabur Vatika Award Cermoney”, “Raagaranjani” -ETV, Shows for DD METRO Channel Mumbai, Celibrity Judge in “Star Singer”- Suvarna TV and Mentor & Judge “Sangeetha Mahayudha”-Udaya TV AS AN ANCHOR: Hosted numerous TV shows, some of which are: Udaya TV-Hr- udayadinda, Vanithe, Old is Gold, Super 7, Sakkath Cinema, Adige Aramane, Chitra Varthe, Akshara Maale- Suvarna TV - Doctor’s Live show ETV - E Nota Kasthuri TV- Doctors Dairy, Haadina Bandi, Super Samsaara and Sapthaswara S Titles- E L !Kavaya Ganga T ! I Naadashree T !Mayura !Superstar & ! Malenaadina Kogile ! S Swara Mandaara ! D Kempe Gowda Smaraka R !Junior L R Eshwari A Awards-2010 W ! Suvarna TV Film Award A ! Filmfare ! South Scope Award OTHER ACTIVITIES Has founded “SWARA SANNIDHI TRUST”under which she has been encouraging the younger generation to excel in singing, dancing and improve their knowledge in Literature and Music. The trust has also been conducting medical and dental camps for specially abled children. Has also recently founded SWARA SANNIDHI MUSIC SCHOOL and has been actively contributing in nurturing young talent. Contact: Shreegandha, #4/2, 7th ‘A’ Main, TataSilkFarm, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru-560028, Karnataka [email protected] .